Tenet-inspired time inversion | Eyewinder Devlog

I saw Tenet last December and immediately knew I had to put a time inversion mechanic into my game. Hope you like it!

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Assets I use:
Note: The below links are affiliate, which means I might make money if you click on them and buy something. There is no additional cost to you.

Unity store links:
GPU Instancer:
This isn't for every project but I found it very useful in mine, especially because I'm using custom terrain meshes that can't take advantage of the Unity terrain's built in grass/tree GPU instancing.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/gpu-instancer-117566?aid=1011lqTTS

Kinematic Character Controller (free):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/kinematic-character-controller-99131?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

For multiplayer I WAS using the very excellent (and free!) FishNet networking library. Highly recommended if you need multiplayer for your project: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/network/fish-net-networking-evolved-207815?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Goblin animations:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/animations/goblin-sword-shield-animset-198207?aid=1011lqTTS

Everyday motion animation pack (paid):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/animations/everyday-motion-pack-116611?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Animancer Pro (paid, there is also a free version with less features):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/animancer-pro-116514?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Cozy Weather (paid):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/cozy-weather-2-230502?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Dreamteck splines (paid but moving to free and open source soon):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/dreamteck-splines-61926?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Synty dungeon realms (paid):
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/dungeons/polygon-dungeon-realms-low-poly-3d-art-by-synty-189093?aid=1011lqTTS&pubref=ytdev1

Chao garden clips taken from the following video under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTzZZUJqvCQ
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

00:00 Intro
00:17 Inversion explained
01:00 Inverting player
01:32 Inversion puzzle
02:09 Timeless explained
02:28 Timeless puzzle
02:47 Timeless and inversion
03:26 The story of Eyewinder
03:59 The game loop
04:52 Puzzle restrictions
05:32 What happened to the gear?
06:30 What happened to multiplayer?
07:28 Rewinding particles
08:56 Optimizing grass
09:26 Outro
09:39 Bad poetr